Ramiro Corrales

Player Position

Player Name

Ramiro Corrales

12

Defender

Current Club:
San Jose Earthquakes

Height:
6'

Weight:
180 lbs.

Birth Date:03-12-1977

Birthplace:
Los Angeles, CA

2012: MLS: Played 90 minutes vs. NE on 3/10 … Played 90 minutes vs. HOU on 3/17, marking the 200th start of his San Jose career … Played 90 minutes at TFC on 3/24 … Started and played the first half at SEA on 3/31 before having to leave through injury (R – ankle sprain) … Played 90 minutes vs. VAN on 4/7, assisting on both the game-tying and game-winning goals in the second half of the 3-1 come-from-behind win for the fourth multi-assist game of his MLS career … Started and played 80 minutes at NY on 4/14 before having to leave with an apparent injury … DNP vs. RSL on 4/21 and at PHI on 4/28 (R calf strain) … Returned to his left back position and played 83 minutes vs. DC on 5/2 … Played 90 minutes at VAN on 5/5, vs. CHV on 5/13 and vs. CLB on 5/19 … DNP at LA on 5/23 … Started and played full 90 minutes, had the assist on Simon Dawkins goal in the 72nd at SKC on 5/27 … DNP at COL on 6/20 … Started and played 90 minutes at RSL on 6/23, assisting on Alan Gordon’s opener in the 75th … Started and played 90 minutes vs. LA on 6/30, assisting on Chris Wondolowski’s game-winning goal in the 61st minute … DNP at POR on 7/3 due to yellow card accumulation suspension … Started and played 80 minutes at FCD before being ejected for receiving his second yellow card … DNP on 7/14 vs. RSL due to red card suspension ... Came on as a substitute in the 89th minute for Shea Salinas vs. FCD on 7/18 … DNP at VAN on 7/22, vs. CHI on 7/28, vs. SEA on 8/11, at MTL on 8/18 …Started and played 90 minutes vs. COL on 8/25 with two assists … Started and played 90 minutes vs. CHV on 9/2, scoring two goals in the 71st and 81st minutes respectively, which helped San Jose tie and break the record for goals scored in a single season …Came on as a substitute in the 85th minute at CHV on 9/15 … Started and played 90 minutes vs. POR on 9/19 …Came on as a substitute in the 60th minute at SEA on 9/22 … Started and played 73 minutes vs. LA on 10/21 … DNP at POR on 10/27 …Reserves: Started and played 80 minutes vs. SEA on 8/12, scoring his first career Reserve League goal in the 66th minute … MLS Cup Playoffs: Started and played 69 minutes on 11/4 at LA in the first leg of the Western Conference Semifinals …Open Cup: Started and played full 90 minutes vs. MIN on 6/6 … Exhibition: Started and played 90 minutes vs. SC on 7/31.

2011: MLS: Set the club’s all-time record for games started with 198 … Club leader in appearances with 216 and minutes played with 17,651 … Played in the 250th game of his career on 4/23 … Started and played 66 minutes vs. RSL on 3/19 … Started and played 89 minutes at DAL on 3/26 … Played 90 minutes and set the new Quakes all-time record for career starts, surpassing former goalkeeper Joe Cannon vs. SEA on 4/2 … Started, played 85 minutes and received a yellow card vs. TFC on 4/9 … Started and played 76 minutes at NY on 4/16 … Played 90 minutes and set a new Quakes record for career minutes played vs. CHV on 4/23 … Corrales also passed the 20,000 career minutes played mark and also picked up first assist of the season against CHV on 4/23 … Played 90 minutes at VAN on 5/11 … Started, played 87 minutes and scored his first goal and notched his first assist at CHI on 5/28 … Started and played 90 minutes vs. HOU on 6/4 … Played 90 minutes at DC on 6/11, at KC on 6/17 and vs. LA on 6/25 … Played in 200th career match for San Jose vs. NY on 7/2 … He is the first player to reach 200 games played with San Jose … Played 90 minutes at CHV on 7/6, vs. PHI on 7/9, at CLB on 7/16, vs. VAN on 7/20, vs. DC on 7/30, vs. POR on 8/6, vs. COL on 8/13, at LA on 8/20, and at TFC on 8/27 … Played 90 minutes vs. CHI on 9/10 and scored a goal in the 69th minute … Played 90 minutes at HOU on 9/17, at POR on 9/21, at COL on 9/24 and vs. SKC on 10/1 … Started and played 79 minutes at NE on 10/8 … DNP at SEA on 10/15 due to ankle injury … Played 90 minutes vs. FCD on 10/22 … Exhibition: Came on as a substitute in 61st minute vs. West Brom on 7/12 … Open Cup Qualifying: Played 120 minutes and received a yellow card at POR on 5/3 … Played 120 minutes vs. CHI on 5/24.

2010: MLS: Captained San Jose … Made 20 appearances, started 18 matches … Scored one goal and posted two assists … Made 2010 debut and played 90 minutes vs. RSL on 3/27 … Played 90 minutes at CHI on 4/10, vs. NE on 4/17 and at CHV on 4/24 … Started and played 84 minutes vs. COL on 5/1 and notched an assist … Played 90 minutes vs. NY on 5/8 and notched an assist … Played 90 minutes at NE on 5/15 … Started and played 89 minutes at SEA on 5/22 … Played 90 minutes vs. TOR on 5/29 and scored a goal … Played 90 minutes vs. CLB on 6/2, at FCD on 6/5, at RSL on 6/25, vs. DC on 7/3, at PHI on 7/10, at LA on 7/22, and vs. SEA on 7/31 … Started and played 80 minutes at COL on 8/7 … DNP vs. KC on 8/14 through 10/9 due to left knee sprain … Came on as a substitute in the 61st minute vs. HOU on 10/16 … Played 90 minutes vs. CHV on 10/20 … Came on as a substitute in the 45th minute at KC on 10/23 … Exhibition: Came on as a substitute in the 72nd minute vs. CHV on 6/12 and converted his penalty during the shootout in the Sacramento Cup … Started and played 77 minutes vs. Tottenham Hotspur on 7/17 … Open Cup: Played 120 minutes vs. RSL on 4/14 and notched an assist … MLS Cup Playoffs: Played 90 minutes vs. NY on 10/30 … Started and played 45 minutes at NY on 11/4 and left due to hamstring sprain … DNP at COL on 11/13 due to hamstring strain.

2009: MLS: Started 24 games … Made 2009 debut vs. NE on 3/21 and played 90 minutes … Played 90 minutes vs. HOU on 3/28 and received a yellow card … Played 90 minutes vs. CHI on 4/11 and vs. LA on 4/18 … Played 45 minutes at SEA on 4/25, leaving at halftime with left ankle sprain … Played 90 minutes at NY on 5/8 and notched an assist … Received yellow card at CLB on 5/27 and vs. RSL on 5/30 … DNP at DAL 6/7 due to yellow card accumulation … Started at left back, but left game with right ankle sprain at RSL on 7/3 … DNP vs. TFC on 7/11, at CHI on 7/18, vs. DC on 7/25 or vs. SEA on 8/2 due to right ankle sprain … Returned to Quakes starting 11 vs. KC on 8/22 and notched his second assist of 2009 … Played 90 minutes at NE on 8/29 and notched an assist … Tied Richard Mulrooney for Quakes all-time appearances with 163 vs. NY on 10/3 … Became team’s all-time leader in appearances vs. DAL on 10/7, making his 164th appearance for San Jose … Exhibition: Played 90 minutes vs. CD Aguila on 9/8.

2008: MLS: Started 22 games … Scored two goals and notched two assists … Made first MLS appearance since 2004 at LA on 4/3 … Played 90 minutes vs. CLB on 5/10 and scored a goal … Eclipsed 10,000 minutes played in Earthquakes history at NE on 5/17 … Started and played 14 minutes at CHV on 8/23 before leaving game with left knee MCL sprain … Sat out eight games with MCL sprain … Played 90 minutes vs. TFC on 10/25 … Exhibition: Played 45 minutes against Honduras Olympic Team on 7/15 … Open Cup: Started and played 45 minutes at RSL on 4/30 … Reserves: Entered as a second half sub at CHV on 10/21.

Other Professional Experience: 2005-07: Played three seasons in Norway, appearing in 57 games and scoring three goals with Ham-Kam and SK Brann … Signed with Norwegian club Hamarkameratene (Ham-Kam) in 2005 … Played most of the 2005 season at left back for Ham-Kam … Named team MVP of Ham-Kam in 2006 by local newspaper and the team’s supporter’s club … Moved to SK Brann in 2007 and helped team win its first league title in 44 years.

2004: MLS: Scored three goals and notched one assist in 29 games to help Quakes earn playoff berth … Started and played 73 minutes vs. CHI on 4/10 and received a red card … Open Cup: Started and played 70 minutes at POR on 7/14 and scored a goal in the 55th minute … Played 109 minutes and was ejected for second yellow card at Minnesota Thunder on 8/4 … MLS Cup Playoffs: Played 90 minutes vs. KC on 10/24 … Started at KC on 10/30 … CONCACAF Champions Cup: Played 90 minutes at LDA on 3/17 … Played 90 minutes vs. LDA on 3/24.

2003: MLS: Scored one goal and had two assists in 25 games … Scored game-winning goal vs. DC on 8/24 … Notched two assists at KC on 9/20 … CONCACAF Champions Cup: Played 90 minutes at CSD Municipal on 3/16 … Played 90 minutes vs. CSD Municipal on 3/26 … Open Cup: Played 90 minutes at Seattle on 8/5 … MLS Cup Playoffs: Strained right hamstring at LA on 11/1, subbed out in 72nd minute … DNP vs. LA on 11/9, vs. KC on 11/14, or vs. CHI on 11/23 in MLS Cup due to right hamstring strain.

2002: MLS: Led the Quakes in assists with nine and scored three goals … Appeared in every regular-season game, racking up 2,354 minutes … Named the MLS Player of the Week on 8/26 for his career-high four-point performance of one goal and two assists vs. DAL on 8/21 … Recorded two game-winning goals vs. CLB on 5/4 and vs. KC on 6/29 … Open Cup: Recorded an assist at SEA on 7/17 … Played full 101 minutes vs. LA on 8/7 … CONCACAF Champions Cup: Entered as substitute vs. Olimpia on 3/13 at Orange Bowl and on 3/16 at Sheldon Stadium … Played 90 minutes at Pachuca on 4/17 … Registered a goal vs. Pachuca on 4/24 … MLS Cup Playoffs: Started and played 90 minutes vs. CLB on 9/25 and at CLB on 9/28.

2001: MLS: Returned to San Jose and played in 14 games, starting 11 … Scored one goal and notched one assist … Made first start of season and scored first goal vs. MIA on 7/4 … Registered an assist at NE on 8/8 … MLS Cup Playoffs: Played in all six matches in playoffs to help team to MLS Cup … Started and played all 96 minutes in MLS Cup vs. LA on 10/21 at Crew Stadium.

2000: MLS: Split the season between the MetroStars and the U.S. Olympic Team to play in qualifiers and the Olympics in Sydney, Australia, in September … Started 15 of the 22 MLS games he played … Recorded two assists.

1999: MLS: Started 31 games … Notched two assists … Spent part of his off-season training with the U.S. U-23 National Team.

1998: MLS: Drafted by the Miami Fusion in the eighth round of the MLS Expansion Draft … Appeared in three games and had one assist … Named to Soccer America’s Team of the Week for June 14 … Trained with the U.S. National Team prior to the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France.

1997: MLS: Started 11 of 14 games for San Jose.

1996: MLS: Started 5 of 11 games … Notched one goal and one assist … Made MLS debut at LA on 4/28 … Notched first career assist at DAL on 6/8 … Netted first career goal on a free kick vs. TB on 9/18 … Scored goal against Quan Xing on tour of China in 3-0 win.

International: Earned six caps for the U.S. Men’s National Team … Made two appearances for the U.S. MNT in 2008, starting at left back vs. Sweden on 1/19 at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., and vs. Mexico on 2/6 in Houston, Texas … Made appearances on 10/16 in 1996 at Peru, on 1/29 and 2/1 in 1997 at China and on 11/17 in 2004 vs. Jamaica … Logged most minutes for U-23 national team in 1998 and scored two goals … Started all four matches for Olympic team in qualifying in Hershey, Penn., in April of 2000 … Appeared in two matches at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, where he helped the U.S. reach the semifinals … Played for the U-20 national team at the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship in Malaysia … Appeared in all 11 games in 2000 for the U-23s and tallied two assists … Appeared in 15 overall U-20 games in 1997.

Personal: Entered the 1996 MLS Draft … Trained with famed Belgian team RSC Anderlecht in 1997 … Attended North Salinas High School … Family is from Culiacan, Sinaloa, in Mexico … Lived in Mexico from age 7-15 … Has two sisters, Maribel and Graciela … Was able to play against his favorite Mexican team, Club America, in an international friendly on Sept. 18, 2002, and was designated captain in that game by Frank Yallop … Youngest player to appear in an MLS game during the 1996 season.